Marine Environmental Research publishes original research papers on chemical, physical, and biological interactions in the oceans and coastal waters.The journal serves as a forum for new information on biology, chemistry, and toxicology and syntheses that advance understanding of marine environmental processes.. Submission of multidisciplinary studies is encouraged.
Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate
Abstract. The ocean contains unique biodiversity, provides valuable food resources and is a major sink for anthropogenic carbon. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an effective tool for restoring ...
Plastic pollution in the marine environment
Plastic pollution is recognized as a severe anthropogenic issue in the coastal and marine ecosystems across the world. Unprecedented and continuous accumulation of growing plastic contaminants into any respective aquatic ecosystem by the anthropogenic sources causes direct and/or indirect interruption to ecosystem structure, functions, and consequently, services and values.
Microplastic pollution in seawater and marine organisms across the
A Correction to this paper has been ... Release 10 (Environmental Systems Research ... L., Thompson, R. C. & Thiel, M. Microplastics in the marine environment: A review of the methods used for ...
A global horizon scan of issues impacting marine and coastal
All experts co-authored this paper. ... S.A.K. is supported by a Natural Environment Research Council grant (NE/S00050X/1). ... Operational Directorate Natural Environment, Marine Ecology and ...
Marine biodiversity conservation
Here, new research into environmental DNA (eDNA) to better understand general levels of marine biodiversity may inform future conservation efforts. Moreover, enhanced understanding of how and why marine biodiversity has changed over time, and how we can reverse some of these trends, is essential for meaningful conservation actions.
Safeguarding marine life: conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems
Marine ecosystems and their associated biodiversity sustain life on Earth and hold intrinsic value. Critical marine ecosystem services include maintenance of global oxygen and carbon cycles, production of food and energy, and sustenance of human wellbeing. However marine ecosystems are swiftly being degraded due to the unsustainable use of marine environments and a rapidly changing climate ...
Recent Advances in Marine Environmental Research
The marine environment includes the waters of seas and estuaries, the seabed and its subsoils, and all marine wildlife and its sea and coastal habitats. Marine ecosystems perform a number of key environmental functions, and is a vital resource for life on Earth. The story of oceans is the story of life; therefore, the ultimate aim is to keep ...
The Impact of Climate Change on the World's Marine Ecosystems
Our understanding of how climate change is affecting marine ecosystems has lagged behind that of terrestrial ecosystems. This is partly due to the size and complexity of the ocean, but also to the relative difficulty of taking measurements in marine environments. Long-term studies of climate change in the oceans are rare by comparison to those ...
Microplastics in the Marine Environment: Sources, Fates, Impacts and
These microplastics and nanoplastics are more easily ingested and will have long-term adverse impacts on the marine environment, making them become a public concern in the future [40, 83, 84, 85] (Figure 1). 2.2. Fates of Marine MPs. Generally, debris in any water body will ultimately enter the ocean.
Rebuilding marine life
Sustainable Development Goal 14 of the United Nations aims to "conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development". Achieving this goal will require ...
Marine Plastic Pollution: Sources, Impacts, and Policy Issues
Abstract Plastics have been instrumental in providing access to clean drinking water, medical applications, and improved hygiene and food safety. However, plastics also cause problems. More than 10 million tons of plastic enter the oceans annually. Marine plastic pollution has documented impacts on marine organisms and ecosystem services. The use of chemical additives in plastics also poses a ...
Study in Nature: Protecting the Ocean Delivers a Comprehensive Solution
" This paper is an important contribution to the science on ocean protection and highlights the need for countries to work together to protect at least 30% of the global ocean by 2030. In the UK we are at the forefront of marine protection, and are leading the Global Ocean Alliance of more than forty nations supporting this 30 by 30 target.
Effects of climate change on marine coastal ecosystems
Such knowledge is critical for practical conservation actions and coastal and marine spatial management at the ecoregion scale and beyond. 2. Literature review methods. A literature review on the Scopus database was conducted, considering any research papers published until December 2021.
A Global Review of Progress in Remote Sensing and Monitoring of Marine
With the rapid development of urbanization and industrialization, human activities have caused marine pollution in three ways: land source, air source, and sea source, leading to the problem of marine environments. Remote sensing, with its wide coverage and fast and accurate monitoring capability, continues to be an important tool for marine environment monitoring and evaluation research. This ...
Ocean sciences
Ocean sciences span the physics, chemistry, and biology of marine systems. The field encompasses ocean circulation, energy dissipation, marine biology, ecology, biogeochemical cycles, water mass ...
The Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Ecosystems and Reliant
Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, from fossil fuel combustion and deforestation, along with agriculture and land-use practices are causing wholesale increases in seawater CO2 and inorganic carbon levels; reductions in pH; and alterations in acid-base chemistry of estuarine, coastal, and surface open-ocean waters. On the basis of laboratory experiments and field studies of ...
Plastic pollution in the marine environment
The microplastic level of different coastal and marine ecosystems nearly ranged from .001-140 particles/m 3 in water and 0.2-8766 particles/m 3 in sediments at different aquatic environments over the world. The microplastic accumulation rate of coastal and marine organisms varied at 0.1-15,033 counts.
Essential Ocean Variables for Marine Environment Monitoring ...
Monitoring the state of oceans and their evolution in space and time is of fundamental importance as they are severely impacted by climate change, showing an increase in temperature, acidity and stratification. The role of metrology in the marine sector is relevant for helping oceanographers consolidate measurement approaches already in place by introducing concepts like metrological ...
Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine-atmosphere environment
S.W. is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), MRC Centre for Environment and Health (MR/R026521/1), and this work is in part funded by the MRC, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR ...
Distributed acoustic sensing technology in marine geosciences
Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) is an emerging vibration signal acquisition technology that transforms existing fiber-optic communication infrastructure into an array of thousands of seismic sensors. Due to its advantages of low cost, easy deployment, continuous measurement, and long-distance measurement, DAS has rapidly developed applications in the field of marine geophysics. This paper ...
COMMENTS
Marine Environmental Research publishes original research papers on chemical, physical, and biological interactions in the oceans and coastal waters.The journal serves as a forum for new information on biology, chemistry, and toxicology and syntheses that advance understanding of marine environmental processes.. Submission of multidisciplinary studies is encouraged.
Abstract. The ocean contains unique biodiversity, provides valuable food resources and is a major sink for anthropogenic carbon. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an effective tool for restoring ...
Plastic pollution is recognized as a severe anthropogenic issue in the coastal and marine ecosystems across the world. Unprecedented and continuous accumulation of growing plastic contaminants into any respective aquatic ecosystem by the anthropogenic sources causes direct and/or indirect interruption to ecosystem structure, functions, and consequently, services and values.
A Correction to this paper has been ... Release 10 (Environmental Systems Research ... L., Thompson, R. C. & Thiel, M. Microplastics in the marine environment: A review of the methods used for ...
All experts co-authored this paper. ... S.A.K. is supported by a Natural Environment Research Council grant (NE/S00050X/1). ... Operational Directorate Natural Environment, Marine Ecology and ...
Here, new research into environmental DNA (eDNA) to better understand general levels of marine biodiversity may inform future conservation efforts. Moreover, enhanced understanding of how and why marine biodiversity has changed over time, and how we can reverse some of these trends, is essential for meaningful conservation actions.
Marine ecosystems and their associated biodiversity sustain life on Earth and hold intrinsic value. Critical marine ecosystem services include maintenance of global oxygen and carbon cycles, production of food and energy, and sustenance of human wellbeing. However marine ecosystems are swiftly being degraded due to the unsustainable use of marine environments and a rapidly changing climate ...
The marine environment includes the waters of seas and estuaries, the seabed and its subsoils, and all marine wildlife and its sea and coastal habitats. Marine ecosystems perform a number of key environmental functions, and is a vital resource for life on Earth. The story of oceans is the story of life; therefore, the ultimate aim is to keep ...
Our understanding of how climate change is affecting marine ecosystems has lagged behind that of terrestrial ecosystems. This is partly due to the size and complexity of the ocean, but also to the relative difficulty of taking measurements in marine environments. Long-term studies of climate change in the oceans are rare by comparison to those ...
These microplastics and nanoplastics are more easily ingested and will have long-term adverse impacts on the marine environment, making them become a public concern in the future [40, 83, 84, 85] (Figure 1). 2.2. Fates of Marine MPs. Generally, debris in any water body will ultimately enter the ocean.
Sustainable Development Goal 14 of the United Nations aims to "conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development". Achieving this goal will require ...
Abstract Plastics have been instrumental in providing access to clean drinking water, medical applications, and improved hygiene and food safety. However, plastics also cause problems. More than 10 million tons of plastic enter the oceans annually. Marine plastic pollution has documented impacts on marine organisms and ecosystem services. The use of chemical additives in plastics also poses a ...
" This paper is an important contribution to the science on ocean protection and highlights the need for countries to work together to protect at least 30% of the global ocean by 2030. In the UK we are at the forefront of marine protection, and are leading the Global Ocean Alliance of more than forty nations supporting this 30 by 30 target.
Such knowledge is critical for practical conservation actions and coastal and marine spatial management at the ecoregion scale and beyond. 2. Literature review methods. A literature review on the Scopus database was conducted, considering any research papers published until December 2021.
With the rapid development of urbanization and industrialization, human activities have caused marine pollution in three ways: land source, air source, and sea source, leading to the problem of marine environments. Remote sensing, with its wide coverage and fast and accurate monitoring capability, continues to be an important tool for marine environment monitoring and evaluation research. This ...
Ocean sciences span the physics, chemistry, and biology of marine systems. The field encompasses ocean circulation, energy dissipation, marine biology, ecology, biogeochemical cycles, water mass ...
Rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels, from fossil fuel combustion and deforestation, along with agriculture and land-use practices are causing wholesale increases in seawater CO2 and inorganic carbon levels; reductions in pH; and alterations in acid-base chemistry of estuarine, coastal, and surface open-ocean waters. On the basis of laboratory experiments and field studies of ...
The microplastic level of different coastal and marine ecosystems nearly ranged from .001-140 particles/m 3 in water and 0.2-8766 particles/m 3 in sediments at different aquatic environments over the world. The microplastic accumulation rate of coastal and marine organisms varied at 0.1-15,033 counts.
Monitoring the state of oceans and their evolution in space and time is of fundamental importance as they are severely impacted by climate change, showing an increase in temperature, acidity and stratification. The role of metrology in the marine sector is relevant for helping oceanographers consolidate measurement approaches already in place by introducing concepts like metrological ...
S.W. is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), MRC Centre for Environment and Health (MR/R026521/1), and this work is in part funded by the MRC, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR ...
Distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) is an emerging vibration signal acquisition technology that transforms existing fiber-optic communication infrastructure into an array of thousands of seismic sensors. Due to its advantages of low cost, easy deployment, continuous measurement, and long-distance measurement, DAS has rapidly developed applications in the field of marine geophysics. This paper ...